No, i don't own Naruto.

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Nightfall:

The night was such a peaceful time in Konoha. With the fireflies glowing about and stars shinning above, nothing could disturb it's silent tone.

The farmers would always go out near the border to find some plants for their farms. But, there was someone else on the other side of the border that was clearly unexpected. The number of people was almost uncountable. Everyone of them had at least one weapon with them. Once the farmers left the border side, the army of people charged quickly, but silently to the castle.

The Palace:

Kizashi was standing out on the balcony by his room and was staring out into the night. Soon, a little firefly landed on his finger and the king smiled upon it.

"Will you do me a little favor glowing one? If anything happens to us here, I want you to lead my daughter to safety. She is very dear to me."

The little firefly's light glowed brighter for a second as if saying so in agreement. At this, the mustached king smiled. The fireflies were almost like the soul of Konoha. The people and them were great allies because of the harmony they give each other. Kizashi then let the little firefly fly off and he then went to bed, but before he could turn around, Kizashi felt something slice into across his back. He could feel his own blood spilling out from the wound along with the excruciating pain.

Right behind the king was a man with glasses, gray hair, and was holding a kunai that was dripping with blood. Kizashi looked at the man's forehead protector and saw the symbol on it, which shocked him.

"You're from the Sound Kingdom, aren't you? What do you want from this kingdom?"

The man just smiled very evilly. "Well, you see. All that Lord Orochimaru wants is just the little princess that you love so dearly. Now if you would please step aside, our king doesn't want to waist time."

"Don't even think that's going to happen!" said Kizashi as he looked as if he was getting ready to fight.

"Tmpf." He scoffed. "I guess we''ll just have to do this the hard way." They both were soon fighting and Kizashi failed to notice that one of the ninja had already infiltrated the bedroom and killed the queen and was headed to Sakura's room.

Sakura's Room:

The young pink haired princess was sleeping soundly, but she was interrupted when could feel a dark chakra signature in her room. Even though Sakura could sense whoever was in her room, she pretended like she was still sleeping. Once they were right above her, the moment the person was bringing down a steel club down on her head, Sakura's eyes shot open. Whoever thought that anything steel could knock out this hardheaded princess was dead wrong. Once the steel club made contact with princess's head, she just stared coldly right at her attacker. Then, Sakura reached up to the club with one hand and gave it a small squeeze, thus causing it to turn into dust.

"Don't you think that hitting someone's head is a bit too extreme for a wake up call?" asked Sakura with a sleepy tone in her voice. "Now that you woke me up, I guess I will just have to kick you out of here."

Sakua climbed out of her bed and went straight up to her attacker who had already started to back away slowly. The moment she reached the person, Sakura grabbed them by the collar and dragged them towards her window and opened it. Once the pink haired maiden flung her window open, she brought her attacker up in front of her and lifted them up. The person who had was trying to knock out Sakura in her sleep was now quivering like a pup who was about to left in the rain. Sakura brought her foot behind her and yanked it forward and kicked the man right out through the window and went soaring all the way into a mountain.

Princess Sakura was quite pleased with herself, but a certain sent caught her attention. It was the smell of smoke and she soon saw the smoke creeping into her room from her door. Sakura gasped and ran through her door and to her parents room. On the way there, Sakura saw smoke and fire, which were both increasing by the moment. Once she reached her parent's room, she saw that she was too late. Her mother, in her bed, had a katana pierced through her heart. The moment Sakura looked out to the balcony, she saw her father who was barely holding onto his life. His body was bloody and wounded.

"Father!"

Sakura found herself running to him.

"Sakura?" her father coughed. "Sakura, listen to me. You must *cough* *cough* escape now while you still have the chance. The people who did this *cough* they did this because they are after you. Please *cough* you must go now."

"No! I can't just leave you behind while you're still living. Please there must be some other way to-" exclaimed Sakura as her eyes were tearing up while she was kneeling in front of her father.

"There is no other way. Please darling *cough* you must go to the Kingdom of Lightning and seek refuge there until you can return. You are *cough* our only *cough* *cough* you are our only hope now, my precious daughter."

"But father, I don't know how to get to the Kingdom of Lightning. I've never even been there, much less outside of the kingdom."

Kizashi just smiled. "You don't need to know how to get there. All you need to do is follow the fireflies. They will guide you there *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough*."

"Father!"

"Go into the fireplace, Sakura. Once you do, a secret passage will open up below you and it will lead you to the forest. And when you see the fireflies, you must follow them."

Sakura nodded, but before she got up,

"Sakura, dear. I should let you know something. Your mother and I have always *cough* been very proud of you. And I know that when you return, you will take back what is rightfully your's." Kizashi gave his daughter a weak smile. As Sakura watched her father smile from the, she started to cry and went down the passageway. Once she reached the floor, the opening that she came through closed up.

Sakura wiped her tears and started to run down the passageway of dirt and gravel. It soon led to an opening that revealed the forest. the moment the young princess had exited the tunnel, a firefly had appeared and was flying all around like it was trying to tell her something. Then, it went behind Sakura and started to bump into her like it was trying to show her the way.

"Okay, okay I'll follow you." said Sakura so the little ball of light wouldn't hurt itself. "I guess father really meant what he said about following the fireflies."

After about a few minutes of walking, the firefly stopped by a bush and Sakura went to the bush and found a fresh set of clothing for her journey. Sakura quickly changed. The clothes that she was given were a pair of ninja sandals, a dress that went just below her knees, and leather pants that would provide some protection to her legs. Now it was time for the pink headed princess to complete her escape.

(1.)She nodded towards the firefly and they both were off. Even though it was a long journey ahead of them, they started out going slow because they needed to preserve their energy. The night sky was still new, but eventually day time would come and things would be harder to deal with. It was hard for the young princess to not cry while walking away from the home that she had known for 13 years. But she knew that what she was doing was for her kingdom so it made it easier for her deal with the pain that she was feeling. And thus gave her the strength to keep on moving forward to her destination, but also farther from her home. The forest was starting to get a little thicker every mile they traveled, but that didn't stop her. Suddenly, she heard someone shout a distance behind her.

"Hey, I think I just saw someone! Come on, lets see who it is!"

Sakura started to panic a little and the firefly sped up it's pace as well as Sakura did to her own. She was soon in a jogging pace, but the sound of horses trotting her way just made her fear even more. The firefly soon hid into a bush and Sakura followed. As the horses passed by, someone started to speak while more horse hooves followed it.

"I could have sworn that I saw someone come by here."

"Ya right. I think that you're just getting too old for this. You probably just imagined it. Come on, lets get back to the Sound's new kingdom."

The horses soon went back the way they came from and Sakura, along with the firefly, hurried back to their road. Soon, there were more fireflies and they were holding a parchment with her kingdom's seal on it.

"Do you want me to give this to let the king and queen of the Lightning Kingdom to know what happened here?."

The fireflies all flew up and down together as if they were nodding their heads' and Sakura took the rolled up paper and held it tightly. Sakura was traveling day and night for about a week. They were more than halfway to the Lightning Kingdom. Every now and then, Sakura would rest her feet from the journey. So far, her shoes were worn out and her pants had tears in them. She was exhausted, but the closer she got to the place where she needed to go, the more strength she felt. She suddenly heard a sound that she didn't want to hear for a long time and it was the sound of horses trotting once more towards her. This time, Sakura hid in a tree above her. The horses stopped right below her.

"Alright, I know I saw the princess around here. Now if I were in a panic and had no where to hide, where would I go?"

Sakura's breath hitched a bit, but unfortunately, the man on top of the horse seemed to have heard her and looked up.

"THERE SHE IS! GET HER!"

Sakura knew she was spotted and she started jumping from tree to tree with all of her might. Surprisingly, the firefly still had the speed to keep up with her. They both were going as fast as they could, but the horses were now galloping at a very fast rate. Nothing could shake the fear within Sakura but the goal that was so close. She knew that she had to keep going and not stop no matter what. This was her kingdom that she was running away for. If she got caught now, it would all be for nothing and her father's death would be in vain. Soon, Sakura started punching trees so that she could at least stall her pursuers. Sadly though, they kept dodging every single one of them. It was practically endless and it felt like Sakura was just wasting all of her chakra. But she soon noticed that with each tree that she knocked down had managed to slow the people chasing her down second by second. But the princess was starting to run low on chakra and that was not good at all. Soon enough, Sakura came upon the biggest tree and gave it everything she had. Once she did, bulls eye, she got all of them at once. It landed like a road block and Sakura managed to get away.

Sakura's heart was beating loudly in her chest, but the fact that they got away was the important part. The firefly didn't stop it's speed, but they had to be safe to make sure that they didn't get caught again. Sakura started to calm down a bit. She made a big road block just in case if anyone was still following them and then, she knew that they were in the clear.(End of Song)

It had been a few weeks when Sakura had finally reached the end of the forest. It was daytime and before her was the Kingdom of Lightning. The firefly then took off and the Sakura went down to the kingdom to the palace. But before she could even take ten steps towards the kingdom, Sakura's exhaustiveness got the est of her and she started to feel really dizzy. Then, in just a matter of seconds, she fainted while still holding the scroll.

Then, out of nowhere, Lee saw Sakura faint and quickly went to her rescue. (A/N: You'll find out why Lee is here soon)

"Princess! Princess! Are you all right?! Why aren't you at the palace?! You know what kinds of things could happen to you if you-"

Lee paused and saw the parchment in her hand.

"Sakura, why are you here with that scroll? You could've just sent a messenger to deliver it?

Then, Lee's head finally started to work. And Lee started to talk quietly.

"Princess, did something happen at the palace? Is that why you came here?"

Soon, Lee started to panic.

"Ohhhhh, what should I do?! I know that I must seek help right now, but if I leave the princess here something might happen to her! OH!"

He then pulled out a trumpet from his jumpsuit and blew a tune into it. (It sounds like the tune that Natsume plays with his trumpet in Kodocha.) Before Lee realized it, Gai had arrived in a blink of an eye.

"Lee!" the general started crying. "You have become so good with that trumpet of your's. Now! What;s the problem?!"

"Gai sensei, I don't know how, but Princess Sakura is here and it looks like she traveled all the way for Konoha. And now she has passed out. What should we do?!"

"FIRST Lee, we must quickly carry her to the castle. I'm sure that there is very good explanation if the princess has traveled all the way out here."

The two(pretty dense) men carried Sakura to the palace as quickly as possible and not forgetting the scroll as well.

In the Palace Training Grounds:

The sounds of swords hitting each other was ringing out through the training grounds as two boys were sparing for a little bit.

"Wow, I can't believe that's everything that you've got." said a blonde headed idiot with blue eyes while holding up his sword, but was exhausted.

"You should look at yourself, Naruto. I'm not even giving it my all and yet, you are already prepared to become animal food if that's all that you have in you." stated a boy with raven black hair that looked like it was blown back by a strong wind. His onyx eyes were full of determination and concentration while his form was perfect and showed no signs of getting tired anytime sooner.

"Come on Sasuke. You've had more experience than me, so why don't you just cut me some slack.

"Too bad. If an enemy were to attack you right now, they wouldn't just simply give you some rest or go easy on you. They would just kill you right on the spot."

Naruto was a little scared right now, but he got back on his feet. Sasuke put his sword away.

"I think that would be good enough for today's practice."

Being Sasuke's only friend, Naruto accepted the spar's end. It was just the crack of dawn, but there was some unusual commotion going about in the castle. Most of the servants seemed shocked or confused. Sasuke managed to hear a few words from what everyone was talking about.

"The Fire Kingdom? Are you sure?"

"Why would she be here?"

"They could have sent a messenger instead of their own daughter."

"Of all places, why here?"

"There has to be a logical reason for all of this."

Sasuke eventually found the loud jumbles of sentences quite annoying so he just went to his mother for answers. He climbed up the stairs, across the hall, made a few turns here and there and finally reach his parent's room. But before he knew it, the king and queen burst through their bedroom doors.

"Gai, are sure that this is really true? I mean I know that her parent's and us are great friends and all, but why would their only daughter come here?" asked Mikoto.

"I've got no idea, but if she were to come, then there has to be some kind of explanation that only she could bring to us."

The trio soon noticed Sasuke.

"Oh, Sasuke. I'm sure that you've heard the news? Its quite shocking actually though."

"I've only heard bits and pieces of what's going on. Thats why I came here to ask you, mother."

"Well, then. I think its best that you come with us to see for yourself. This person that everyone is talking about, she's someone you met at quite a young age."

Sasuke started following his parents and also had Naruto tailing behind him.

"Hey, Sasuke. I never you even knew a girl a long time ago. So, whats she like? Huh?" Naruto was smiling like he could use this information to blackmail Sasuke.

"Idiot, I don't remember knowing any girl. If she's someone I might know, then I probably met her when I was a baby or something like that."

Soon enough, all of them reached a room and opened the door to find Lee reaching a piece of paper and a pink haired girl lying down on the bed asleep. While Lee was reading the paper, his eyes were wide open with shock.

"LEE! You shouldn't barge into other people's private property without their permission!"

Gai snatched the parchment away from Lee and gave it to the king and queen.

"I'm pretty sure she came here to give this to the two of you."

Mikoto took the parchment and started to read it while her husband read along over her shoulder. Once they finished reading the paper, the queen was shaking and the scroll fell from her grip. She then turned to Sakura and placed a hand on the young princess's head.

"Poor child. She must be devastated at what had occurred. It must've been hard for her when it all happened. I can't believe that he showed up again."

Gai, Sasuke, and Naruto were the only ones in the room that didn't have a clue as to what they were all talking about.

"Umm, excuse me, but who is he and what happened? I mean, did something happen there?" asked Gai.

Fugaku answered in a slightly shaky voice. "Konoha, is no more. Orochimaru as taken over the whole kingdom."

"HUH?! WHY?!"

"Because, the whole reason is because Orochimaru is after Sakura right here. Princess Sakura, the only heir to the throne of Konoha, is his target and she is to stay here until she can take back her kingdom. That is why, Gai. That is why."